Patent Model of a Bookbinder's Sewing Table

Description (Brief):

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bookbinders' sewing table that was vertically adjustable, so the sheets could be lowered to a convenient height for the sewer as the pile grew. This avoided the usual practice of “putting blocks or boxes of increasing thickness in the operator's chair." The invention was granted patent number 59240.

Date Made: ca 1866Patent Date: 1866-10-30

Maker: Lincoln, Marshall T.

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.89797.059240Patent Number: 059240Accession Number: 089797Catalog Number: GA*89797.059240

Object Name: table, bookbinders sewingTable, SewingObject Type: Patent ModelOther Terms: Table, Sewing; Bookbinding

Physical Description: metal (overall material)wood (overall material)Measurements: overall: 32 cm x 31 cm x 16.3 cm; 12 5/8 in x 12 3/16 in x 6 7/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7c2f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_998729

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